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ad 14, prominentibus, anastomosantibus, reticulis laxis, distinctis ; 
paniculis axillaribus, solitaries, numerosis, pyramidatis, ut videtur 
multifloris, usque ad 9 cm longis leviter pubescentibus ; coccis 
ellipsoideis, 3 ad 3.5 mm longis. 
A shrub about 5 m high, the younger parts and the panicles 
slightly pubescent, otherwise glabrous. Branches terete, light- 
gray. Leaves 3-foliolate, the petioles 3 to 5 cm long; leaflets 
chartaceous or subcoriaceous, oblong-obovate to elliptic-obovate, 
9 to 15 cm long, 4 to 7 cm wide, entire, both surfaces strongly 
shining, rather pale when dry, the apex rounded to abruptly, 
shortly, and obtusely acuminate, base somewhat narrowed, acute, 
equilateral; lateral nerves 11 to 14 on each side of the mid- 
rib, prominent, anastomosing, the reticulations lax, prominent on 
the lower surface ; petiolules 7 to 10 mm long. Panicles axillary, 
solitary, numerous, pyramidal, up to 9 cm long, the lower 
branches spreading, about 5 cm long, the upper ones gradually 
shorter, apparently densely flowered. Flowers unknown. Fruits 
numerous, mostly consisting of a single coccus, sometimes of two 
which are slightly united at the base, the cocci ellipsoid, brown- 
ish-olivaceous, rounded, 3 to 3.5 mm long, the seeds globose, 
black, shining. 
Leyte, Buenavista, near Jaro, C. A. Wenzel 822, in forests, altitude 
about 500 meters, June 3, 1914. 
A characteristic species distinguishable by its strongly shining, prom- 
inently and laxly reticulate leaflets. This was originally described as 
an Evodia, but Wenzel 1002, in flower, received just as the last proof was 
being read, is identical with the type and is a Melicope. 
BURSERACEAE 
CANARIUM Linnaeus 
CANAR1UM WENZELI I sp. nov. § Choriandra. 
Species C. villoso affinis, differt ramulis, petiolis, subtus foliolis 
paniculisque ferrugineo-pubescentibus, foliolis coriaceis, majori- 
bus. 
A tree about 20 m high, the branchlets, petioles, and inflor- 
escence densely ferruginous-pubescent with short hairs which 
are more or less deciduous, with similar ones on the midrib and 
nerves of the leaflets on both surfaces. Branches terete, the 
ultimate ones 5 to 7 mm in diameter, longitudinally striate, 
pale-brownish, not marked with scars of fallen leaves. Leaves 
alternate, about 40 cm long, the petiole and rachis densely fer- 
ruginous-pubescent, the stipules persistent, rather thick, linear- 
oblong, curved, acuminate, entire, 1 cm long or less. Leaflets 
coriaceous, oblong to elliptic-oblong, usually 7, opposite or sub- 
